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When your child is born premature, it’s normal to feel isolated – like you’re the only one going through the emotional rollercoaster of the NICU. But you are not alone, and neither is your little one. Every year, about 1 in 10 babies born in the United States is born prematurely. And while any baby… Read More

Breastfeeding is amazing. It provides our babies with a nutritionally perfect food that nourishes them from day one. So of course we love seeing breastfeeding normalized – whether through photos on news sites or the latest celebrity “brelfie.” But let’s be honest, breastfeeding in real life is a lot different from the images we see… Read More

If there’s one thing you expect as a new parent, it’s that your little one will cry. Babies cry because it’s their only way of communicating. But some babies cry for hours on end, and it’s easy for parents to feel overwhelmed by this new, fussy baby. Why Your Baby is Crying It’s all too… Read More

Guest-Authored by Kiddada Green, Black Breastfeeding Week co-creator and founding executive director of Black Mothers’ Breastfeeding Association. For 9 years, Black Mothers’ Breastfeeding Association® (BMBFA) has celebrated the joys of breastfeeding families and continues to work daily to reduce racial inequities in breastfeeding support for African Americans. Like many charitable organizations, the impetus for the… Read More

I’ll start with a bit of background so that you mamas know where I’m coming from: I breastfed my first daughter, Olivia, from the time she was born and finally weaned her at 18 months. I had a pretty decent maternity leave and was almost exclusively nursing her for the first 4 months, and then… Read More